SÁCH tự học IELTS SPEAKING 2021 IELTS NGOCBACH

+ Để tìm hiểu thơng tin khóa học IELTS Package online 2021 thầy Ngọc Bách, bạn truy cập: https://ieltsngocbach.com/package + Hotline tư vấn: 0974657403 (hoặc liên hệ mail: ieltsbach1707@gmail.com) Contents Lesson 1: IELTS Holiday Vocabulary Lesson 2: IELTS Relationships Vocabulary Lesson 3: IELTS Technology Vocabulary Lesson 4: IELTS Sports Vocabulary 11 Lesson 5: IELTS Food Vocabulary 13 Lesson 6: IELTS Education Vocabulary 16 Lesson 7: IELTS Work Vocabulary 18 Lesson 8: IELTS Health Vocabulary 21 Lesson 9: IELTS Books and Films Vocabulary 23 Lesson 10: IELTS Accommodation Vocabulary 26 Lesson 11: IELTS Clothes & Fashion Vocabulary 29 Lesson 12: IELTS Personality Vocabulary 31 Lesson 13: IELTS Business Vocabulary 34 Lesson 14: IELTS Physical Appearance Vocabulary 37 Lesson 15: IELTS Town and City Vocabulary 39 Lesson 16: IELTS Music Vocabulary 42 Lesson 17: IELTS Weather Vocabulary 44 Lesson 18: IELTS Shopping Vocabulary 47 Lesson 19: IELTS Environment Vocabulary 49 Lesson 20: IELTS Advertising Vocabulary 52 + Để tìm hiểu thơng tin khóa học IELTS Package online 2021 thầy Ngọc Bách, bạn truy cập: https://ieltsngocbach.com/package + Hotline tư vấn: 0974657403 (hoặc liên hệ mail: ieltsbach1707@gmail.com) HƯỚNG DẪN CÁCH HỌC SÁCH TỰ HỌC IELTS SPEAKING 2021 (PART 1) Hi bạn, Các bạn cầm tay tự học IELTS Speaking 2021(PART 1) Cuốn sách tổng hợp từ vựng tốt từ trang https://www.ieltsspeaking.co.uk/ team IELTS Ngoc Bach biên soạn, thu âm toàn chia sẻ hồn tồn miễn phí cho tất bạn tự học IELTS Cuốn sách cung cấp cho bạn vô số từ vựng tốt cho phần thi IELTS Speaking phù hợp với tất trình độ Từ bạn mục tiêu 5.0 đến bạn aim band 8.0~9.0 Cuốn sách PART áp dụng cụm từ để soạn script giải 40 đề Speaking phổ biến hay gặp thi IELTS (sách kèm file thu âm band 9.0 giáo viên xứ thu âm chuyên nghiệp) VỀ CÁCH HỌC: + BƯỚC 1: Các bạn nên in sách in bìa màu cho có động lực học Việc in giúp bạn tiếp thu kiến thức học từ vựng sách dễ dàng đơn giản + BƯỚC 2: Truy cập group IELTS Ngoc Bach website : https://ngocbach.com/ để update đề Speaking Có thể bạn biết tầm 3~4 tháng , đề thi IELTS Speaking thay đổi lần Hiện có nhiều đề Speaking mạng tin đề xác (vì cịn tỉ mỉ so với report bạn học sinh báo để có đề cuối cùng) + BƯỚC 3: Sử dụng sách “Tự học IELTS Speaking 2021” soạn script câu trả lời cho đề Speaking nhất.Bộ đề Speaking thi thật tất parts , bạn sử dụng từ vựng 20 topics để nâng chất lượng câu trả lời bạn Với từ đọc nghĩ mà chưa hiểu cách sử dụng bạn nhìn cột bên trái -> bạn thấy từ áp dụng thực tế nói ? Do dễ dàng áp dụng xác vào nói bạn Mình tin rằng, kể thi IELTS xong bạn nên giữ sách để học, có ích cho việc luyện Speaking lâu dài sau Nếu học sách thấy hiệu tăng trình speaking, bạn phản hồi lại group IELTS Ngoc Bach , để team có thêm động lực soạn giới thiệu thêm nhiều tài liệu hay cho người học Chúc bạn học tốt ! -Ngọc Bách- + Để tìm hiểu thơng tin khóa học IELTS Package online 2021 thầy Ngọc Bách, bạn truy cập: https://ieltsngocbach.com/package + Hotline tư vấn: 0974657403 (hoặc liên hệ mail: ieltsbach1707@gmail.com) Lesson 1: IELTS Holiday Vocabulary Part 1-style questions tourist trap: somewhere where too many tourists go to get away from it all: to take a holiday to escape a Miguel: I try to avoid tourist traps … I like to get busy or stressful lifestyle off the beaten track: in or into an isolated place away from it all and prefer going somewhere off the holiday of a lifetime: a special holiday that you are beaten track … last year I had the holiday of a unlikely to repeat wildlife safari: a holiday, often in Africa, to observe lifetime … a two week wildlife safari in Kenya wild animals Examiner: What kind of holiday you like? Examiner: What you like to when you’re on holiday? places of interest: sites of interest to tourists to go sightseeing: to look around the tourist sites like to go sightseeing and always sign up for guided guided tour: an organised group shown around a place of interest by an expert tours as it’s a chance to be shown around and take Anna: I enjoy visiting the local places of interest … I photographs … one of my hobbies Examiner: Do you have many tourists in your country? Amy: Yes … we have a lot of holiday resorts along holiday resort: a place where lots of people go for a the coast that are popular with tourists … most people holiday package holiday: a holiday where you purchase the come on package holidays and stay in one of the travel and accommodation together self-catering: a holiday where you supply your own many hotels and self-catering apartments food Part 2-style task Describe a beautiful place you once visited You should say:  when you went to this place  where it was  who you went with and say why you liked it so much Sally: A few years ago I went on a long weekend to long weekend: an extended weekend holiday including Friday or Monday the Lake District in the UK … it’s a very + Để tìm hiểu thơng tin khóa học IELTS Package online 2021 thầy Ngọc Bách, bạn truy cập: https://ieltsngocbach.com/package + Hotline tư vấn: 0974657403 (hoặc liên hệ mail: ieltsbach1707@gmail.com) popular holiday destination in the north of England holiday destination: where you go for a holiday … I went on my own and had a wonderful time … I stayed in a youth hostel and met some really nice youth hostel: a cheap form of accommodation people … but the most memorable thing about the holiday were the breathtaking views … and lovely picturesque villages … it can get very busy breathtaking view: an extremely beautiful view with hordes of tourists so I decided to go out of picturesque village: very pretty village season in the autumn … the weather was fantastic and hordes of tourists: crowds of tourists the shops were full of local crafts … a really great holiday … it’s certainly not the kind of short out of season: outside of the main holiday period break for someone looking for a busy nightlife but if local crafts: objects produced locally you want to relax in the middle of stunning short break: a short holiday landscape I would certainly recommend a holiday to the Lake District stunning landscape: extremely beautiful countryside Part 3-style questions Examiner: What you think has led to the growth in the tourism industry? Miguel: It’s much easier and affordable to travel now … nowadays you can get cheap charterflights or all-in packages … to somewhere near or to a far-off destination charter-flight: a cheaper form of flying than a scheduled flight all-in package: a holiday where you purchase the travel and accommodation together far-off destination: somewhere a long way away Examiner: How people tend to choose a destination? Anna: The Internet is a great source of information and high street travel agents are still very popular … travel agent: a shop that specialises in booking holidays that’s where I like to go to get holiday brochures for holiday brochure: a glossy publication with details of holiday packages the place I’m interested in + Để tìm hiểu thơng tin khóa học IELTS Package online 2021 thầy Ngọc Bách, bạn truy cập: https://ieltsngocbach.com/package + Hotline tư vấn: 0974657403 (hoặc liên hệ mail: ieltsbach1707@gmail.com) Examiner: People sometimes say flying is the most glamorous form of travel Do you agree? check-in desk: the place at the airport where you Amy: I’m not so sure really … flying can be quite register for your flight and deposit your luggage passport control: the place where your passport is boring … queuing up at the check-in desk … going checked through passport control … sitting for ages in departure lounge: where you wait for your flight to be called the departure lounge … then the flight itself can be quite uncomfortable … no … I’m not sure I agree Lesson 2: IELTS Relationships Vocabulary Part 1-style questions Examiner: Do you see your friends very often? to get on well with: to understand someone and enjoy similar interests Louisa: Yes … we meet up most weekends … we all to have a lot in common: to share similar interests get on really well and have a lot in common so we’re always happy doing the same things and going to the same places Examiner: What you like about your close friends? to enjoy someone’s company: to like spending time with someone Anna: I think we enjoy each other’s company … we to see eye to eye: to agree on a subject see eye-to-eye on most things so we rarely fall out to fall out with: to have a disagreement and stop being friends with each other Examiner: Have you known each other long? Amy: Most of them yes … although my closest friend to strike up a relationship: to begin a friendship to get on like a house on fire: to like someone’s Carrie … we struck up a relationship at college and company very much indeed got on like a house on fire … but yes … my other to go back years: to have known someone for a long time friendships go back years to when we were at school Part 2-style task Describe a person you are very close to You should say:   who this person is when you met them + Để tìm hiểu thơng tin khóa học IELTS Package online 2021 thầy Ngọc Bách, bạn truy cập: https://ieltsngocbach.com/package + Hotline tư vấn: 0974657403 (hoặc liên hệ mail: ieltsbach1707@gmail.com)  where you met them and say what it is about them you like so much Reiko: I’d like to talk about my boyfriend … Jose … we got to know each other at University almost to get to know: to begin to know someone years ago … we were in the same department … initially we were just good friends and used to go out to be just good friends: to not be romantically involved in a group with our other friends … when Jose went back to Spain for the holidays we would keep in touch to keep in touch with: to keep in contact with with each other … then one year he invited me to come to Spain with him … and that’s when we fell to fall for: to fall in love for each other I think … so you couldn’t really say it was love at first sight as it had been over a year since love at first sight: to fall in love immediately you meet someone we’d met … but we really hit it off and by the time we got back to university in September we were able to to hit it off: to quickly become good friends with tell all our friends that we were in a relationship… to be in a relationship: to be romantically involved with someone what I like about Jose … well he’s very kind … very funny … and very supportive … and we’re really well matched in our interests … he to be well matched: to be similar to hasn’t popped the question yet though … we’ve to pop the question: to ask someone to marry you talked about getting married and I think we’re both to settle down: to give up the single life and start a ready to settle down and have children … we’ll just family have to wait and see … Part 3-style questions Examiner: Do you think marriage is still as important as ever? Cristine: Yes … it certainly is in my country … I think the problem for some people is a lack of to have ups and downs: to have good and bad times commitment … all relationships have their ups and downs … but some people prefer to break up rather to break up: to end a romantic relationship than working at the relationship + Để tìm hiểu thơng tin khóa học IELTS Package online 2021 thầy Ngọc Bách, bạn truy cập: https://ieltsngocbach.com/package + Hotline tư vấn: 0974657403 (hoặc liên hệ mail: ieltsbach1707@gmail.com) Examiner: What you think is the ideal time to get married? to work at a relationship: to try to maintain a positive relationship with someone Terry: Personally … I think you should wait until you’ve found yourself first … decided if you want a career … perhaps some travelling … you should this before tying the knot … although if you fall head over heels in love plans like these can easily be forgotten to tie the knot: to get married to fall head over heels in love: to start to love someone a lot Examiner: Is it important to keep in contact with our friends when we’re in a relationship? Maria: Absolutely … it’s so easy to drift apart from your friends when you fall in love … but I think both partners should try not to lose touch with their friends … that’s the best way to have a healthy relationship with your partner to drift apart: to become less close to someone to fall in love: to be very attracted to someone and begin to love them to lose touch with: to not see or hear from someone any longer a healthy relationship: a good, positive relationship Lesson 3: IELTS Technology Vocabulary Part 1-style questions Examiner: Do you enjoy using technology? Stephan: Well … I wouldn’t call myself a techie or a techie: somebody who has an interest in technology a computer buff but I enjoy using computers … I’d a computer buff: an expert computer user like to find out more about how they work … when my computer crashes I never know what to a computer crash: the computer itself stops working or that a program aborts unexpectedly Examiner: Do you use the Internet for your studies? Sophie: Yes … I’d be lost without it … I lots video conferencing: to see and hear people from different locations using the Internet of video conferencing to practise speaking and social media like Facebook is a good way to social media: media used to interact with other people such as Facebook or Twitter + Để tìm hiểu thơng tin khóa học IELTS Package online 2021 thầy Ngọc Bách, bạn truy cập: https://ieltsngocbach.com/package + Hotline tư vấn: 0974657403 (hoặc liên hệ mail: ieltsbach1707@gmail.com) meet up with other students … and I download podcasts that teach English vocabulary and grammar download (podcasts): to save a copy of a file from the internet to your own device Examiner: Do you have your own computer? Tania: Yes … I have a Macbook Pro … I use it all the time … for word processing … browsing websites and catching up with TV programmes I’ve word processing; producing written texts on a computer to browse websites: to look at websites missed Part 2-style task Describe an item of technology you have that is very important You should say:    what the technology is when you got it how often you use it and say how different your daily life would be without it Mattie: I don’t have many gadgets … just a computer a gadget: a technological tool like a mobile phone or camera … a laptop and my mobile phone … but I’ll talk about my computer as it’s so useful … it’s funny really … years ago I was still learning to use computers … how send an attachment: send an email with an to use email … send attachments how to access accompanying file to access websites/email: to locate websites … then I decided to a digital digital editing: to edit digital materials like audio or editing course for video and photography … and so I video files bought the laptop when I started the course … my husband had a desktop PC but it was very slow so I a desktop PC: a computer that isn’t portable and remains in situ on a desk decided to upgrade to a powerful one because we to upgrade: to obtain a more powerful or feature-rich a lot of video editing on the course … it’s a high- computer or piece of software high-spec (laptop): powerful computer with top spec laptop … very fast … the latest operating quality components system … it boots up really quickly and it’s fun to operating system: the software that tells the computer how to work use so it makes working a pleasure … I’ve become a to boot up: to start a computer competent computer user now … if I didn’t have it I + Để tìm hiểu thơng tin khóa học IELTS Package online 2021 thầy Ngọc Bách, bạn truy cập: https://ieltsngocbach.com/package + Hotline tư vấn: 0974657403 (hoặc liên hệ mail: ieltsbach1707@gmail.com) daresay I’d have to spend more time at college using their computers … but on the positive side I suppose I’d read a lot more if I didn’t have it … I probably waste a lot of time surfing the web … but hopefully I to surf the web: to look at a series of websites one after the other won’t have to be without it … Part 3-style questions Examiner: What you think are the important things people need to learn when they start using computers? Alejandro: Well … there are things like how to use the Internet … how to enter a web address … to enter a web address: to type the address of a website into the address bar of your browser how to navigate websites … that kind of thing but to navigate a website: to find your way around a it’s also important to know how to back up your files website to back up files: to make a copy of files in case of a in case your computer crashes … and all computer problem Internet security: Internet safety about Internet security Examiner: What kind of technological developments have made the biggest impact on our lives? Faydene: In my lifetime it has to be the Internet of course but I also think wifi has made a huge difference to how we interact with the Internet … wireless networks at home and public wifi hotspots mean we can go online easily … access our mail … log into our work intranet and basically be connected wherever we are wireless network: a network where users can access the Internet without the use of fixed cables wifi hotspot: a public place where you can access the Internet to go online: to start using the Internet to access websites/email: to locate Examiner: Do computers make it much easier to study? Jane: Definitely yes … researching information is much easier with the Internet you can bookmark webpages for future reference and writing essays is to bookmark a webpage: to mark a webpage for future reference + Để tìm hiểu thơng tin khóa học IELTS Package online 2021 thầy Ngọc Bách, bạn truy cập: https://ieltsngocbach.com/package + Hotline tư vấn: 0974657403 (hoặc liên hệ mail: ieltsbach1707@gmail.com) 10 public spaces: areas in a town or city that are open to the public spaces … parks and squares in the city centre and on city centre: the central part or main business and commercial area of a city the outskirts of Barcelona where people relax with on the outskirts: the outer parts of a town or city their friends and family … and of course pavement pavement cafe: cafes with tables outside on the pavement cafes everywhere … all that and some great places of interest: buildings that have a particular historical places of interest … so a great destination interest for visitors for tourists … dotted around the city are some lovely public Part 3-style questions Examiner: What are the advantages of living in a city or big town? Carrie: I think it’s having access to local facilities really … local shops as well as access to larger shopping malls in the city centre … and if you’re well-off you can afford to live in the suburbs away from the busy traffic … local facilities: local buildings or services serving the public shopping malls: large indoor shopping centres in the suburbs: the outer area of large towns and cities where people live Examiner: In your experience are city centres usually attractive places? Mary: Some can be yes … especially those with a historical interest … but sometimes they’re full of ugly office blocks … multi-story car parks … and office block: a large building that contains offices multi-story car parks: car parks on several floors residents living in poor housing … it depends on the city doesn’t it? poor housing: housing that is not in good condition Examiner: What are some of the challenges facing towns and cities? Penny: I suppose traffic congestion is a major problem … and the growth in out-of-town supermarkets and retail parks mean lots of town centre shops are closing down … plus a shortage of traffic congestion: heavy traffic making it difficult to move around a town or city out of town shopping centre/retail park: large shopping centres outside of the town or city + Để tìm hiểu thơng tin khóa học IELTS Package online 2021 thầy Ngọc Bách, bạn truy cập: https://ieltsngocbach.com/package + Hotline tư vấn: 0974657403 (hoặc liên hệ mail: ieltsbach1707@gmail.com) 41 good quality housing … I think these are the major to close down: to stop doing business challenges … Lesson 16: IELTS Music Vocabulary Part 1-style questions Examiner: What kind of music you listen to? Katherine: I’m a big fan of classical music … it classical music: music that is regarded as part of a long, formal tradition doesn’t make me very popular with my children … their taste in music is completely different … they taste in music: the music someone likes always want to listen to their favourite rock a rock band: a group of musicians that play rock music bands … Examiner: Do you play any instruments? Jamie: No I don’t … I’ve always wished I’d taken to take up a musical instrument: to begin learning a musical instrument up a musical instrument … I’d love to be able to play the guitar … but I think I’m a bit tone deaf so to be tone deaf: to be unable to distinguish the different notes in music perhaps I’d find it hard … Examiner: Have you got any hobbies or interests? Marco: I’m really into live music … I go to a lot of music festivals … I think a live performance always sounds more exciting than a recorded version … as long as the performers can sing and play well of live music: music that is listened to while it is performed (not recorded) a music festival: music performances at a venue often over several days live performance: (see live music) course … Part 2-style task Describe a song you like to listen to You should say    what the piece of music is called how long you have liked it when you like to listen to it + Để tìm hiểu thơng tin khóa học IELTS Package online 2021 thầy Ngọc Bách, bạn truy cập: https://ieltsngocbach.com/package + Hotline tư vấn: 0974657403 (hoặc liên hệ mail: ieltsbach1707@gmail.com) 42 and say why you like it so much Millie: Well … I’m a little older than most students and when I was young Abba the Swedish pop a pop group: a small group of people who play or sing pop music together group were very famous … I don’t think it was cool to like them even though they had a huge a huge following: a large number of fans following but I think now people have realised what wonderful songs they wrote … one piece of music in a piece of music: an item of music particular is called ‘Slipping through my fingers’ … it wasn’t a massive hit but I love it … it’s a song for a massive hit: a record that sells lots of copies parents and it’s all about how quickly our children grow up … it’s a slow number and like a lot of their songs it’s a very catchy tune … the two women in Abba had great voices and it’s the kind of music you a slow number: a song with a slow tempo a catchy tune: a song that is easy to remember and makes you want to sing it to sing along to: to join in singing can also sing along to easily … even if you don’t have a great voice … I listen to Abba when I feel like a sing-song … and I especially like to listen when a sing-song: to sing informally, often with other people I’m doing the housework … it stops me thinking about the hard work … Part 3-style questions Examiner: Is the Internet a good or bad thing for the music industry? Thomas: On the one hand it’s good for marketing new musical talent or particular bands but it’s so musical talent: skilled at music easy to share and download tracks for free I think it to download tracks: to obtain music from the Internet is costing the industry a lot of money … Examiner: Should music be treated as seriously as subjects like maths or sciences at school? Carla: I think it should … I don’t think it should be taught in a boring way … I mean making + Để tìm hiểu thơng tin khóa học IELTS Package online 2021 thầy Ngọc Bách, bạn truy cập: https://ieltsngocbach.com/package + Hotline tư vấn: 0974657403 (hoặc liên hệ mail: ieltsbach1707@gmail.com) 43 children read music … but I think they should be to read music: to understand and follow written musical notes encouraged to play instruments and to play things by to play by ear: to play without reading the musical notes ear perhaps … to keep the lessons fun … Examiner: Where people usually enjoy listening to music? Sally: In lots of ways or places … as background music when they are doing something else … at concerts when a band goes on tour … or in clubs or background music: music that is played while something else is happening to go on tour: to go on a planned series of performances around a region or country discos … Lesson 17: IELTS Weather Vocabulary Part 1-style questions Examiner: What’s the weather like in your country? Katie: It’s quite changeable really … we have periods of time with clear blue skies then all of a sudden we’ll have torrential rain changeable: weather that often changes clear blue skies: a sky without clouds torrential rain: intense rainfall Examiner: Which months have the best weather in your country? Ernst: Well … I suppose it’s a matter of personal taste really … I like it around the end of October and November … I’m not fond of the heatwaves we often get during the summer … it’s not freezing a heatwave: a period of very hot weather freezing cold: very cold (informal) cold during these months and we still get lots of sunny spells sunny spells: short periods of sunny weather Examiner: Does it bother you much when it rains? Junko: It depends … if I get caught in the rain and to get caught in the rain: to be outside when it rains unexpectedly to get drenched: to get very wet a drop of rain: a little bit of rain + Để tìm hiểu thơng tin khóa học IELTS Package online 2021 thầy Ngọc Bách, bạn truy cập: https://ieltsngocbach.com/package + Hotline tư vấn: 0974657403 (hoặc liên hệ mail: ieltsbach1707@gmail.com) 44 I get drenched I don’t like it … but I’m a gardener so a drop of rain is good for my plants Part 2-style task Describe a time when you experienced extreme weather conditions You should say    when this was where you were what the weather was like and say how you felt about the experience I was studying English in a language school a few years ago … we were in Cornwall in the UK … we’d been enjoying lovely sunny days … not a cloud in the sky … when all of a sudden there was a change in the weather … we were in town walking around the shops when it started to pour down … I’d never seen such heavy rain before … within about 10 not a cloud in the sky: a sky without clouds a change in the weather: when weather conditions change to pour down: to rain heavily heavy rain: intense rainfall minutes the roads were full of water … I think they a flash flood: a sudden and severe flood call it a flash flood … it was like being in the middle tropical storm: a storm typical of ones that you find in tropical climates of a tropical storm … the water was almost up to my weather forecast: a TV/radio programme or section knees … the weather forecast hadn’t predicted it so in a newspaper/magazine which predicts weather conditions everyone was taken by surprise … I’m not sure you could call it ‘extreme’ weather as a few hours later it started to clear up … the sun came out and slowly the water level went down … but a lot of people’s to clear up: when clouds or rain disappear to come out (the sun): when the sun appears out of a cloudy sky houses were flooded so it would have been extreme for them … I found it all quite exciting … in my country we generally have a very mild climate and mild climate: a climate without extreme weather conditions don’t often get floods like this so it was quite an experience for me Part 3-style questions + Để tìm hiểu thơng tin khóa học IELTS Package online 2021 thầy Ngọc Bách, bạn truy cập: https://ieltsngocbach.com/package + Hotline tư vấn: 0974657403 (hoặc liên hệ mail: ieltsbach1707@gmail.com) 45 Examiner: Do you think the weather affects how people feel? Tierre: Absolutely … yes … I don’t mind the occasional cold spell but I think the winter months a cold spell: a short period of cold weather can make you feel down I hate having to leave the house in the winter … there’s often a thick fog every morning and we sometimes get bitterly cold winds thick fog: a dense fog that makes visibility very poor bitterly cold: very cold and unpleasant … the winter certainly makes me feel a little depressed … though having said that … it’s always nice to see the town covered in a blanket of snow a blanket of snow: a complete covering of snow Examiner: Do you think the weather is changing due to global warming? Ceri: I don’t know if it’s due to global warming or not but the weather in my country is certainly mild winter: a winter that isn’t particularly cold changing … we’ve been getting quite mild winters lately … the temperatures are to be below freezing: below zero degrees Celsius sometimes below freezing but only occasionally … and then during the summer it can get boiling boiling hot: very hot (informal) hot with a lot of older people even suffering from heatstroke heatstroke: a serious condition caused by being too long in hot weather Examiner: In which ways are weather forecasts useful? Sinita: Well … if you’re planning a trip or going on holiday it’s important to know whether you’ll need to dress up warm: to wear warm clothes to protect yourself against wintry conditions to dress up warm or take an umbrella … farmers long-range forecast: the weather forecast for several need to know what the long-range forecast is so they days or weeks ahead can plan their work … I suppose people who organise to be rained off: to be cancelled or postponed due to outside events need to know as well in case things poor weather get rained off + Để tìm hiểu thơng tin khóa học IELTS Package online 2021 thầy Ngọc Bách, bạn truy cập: https://ieltsngocbach.com/package + Hotline tư vấn: 0974657403 (hoặc liên hệ mail: ieltsbach1707@gmail.com) 46 Lesson 18: IELTS Shopping Vocabulary Part 1-style questions Examiner: Do you often go shopping for personal items? Maxine: When I can afford it yes … my college is in the city centre and I a lot of window shopping … but being a student I’m on a tight budget so I have to be careful with money … window shopping: to visit a store to look at items without the intention of buying anything to be on a tight budget: to have a limited amount of money to spend to be careful with money: to not over-spend Examiner: Are there many shops where you live? Jenny: We’ve got a few local shops nearby and a few independent stores but none of the big high street names … I have to go into town for them … local shops: community shops independent stores: small shops independent of large companies high street names: well-known shops Examiner: Do you enjoy shopping? Marco: It depends … I hate it when the sales are on … crowds of people all trying to snap up a bargain … I find it all a bit stressful … I also get annoyed when shop assistants try to give me the hard sell when all I want to is look around … to snap up a bargain: to buy something quickly that is being sold cheaply shop assistant: the person who serves customers to give someone the hard sell: to put pressure on someone to buy something Part 2-style task Describe a time when you bought something for someone You should say    when this was what is was you bought who you bought it for and say how you felt about buying it for them Coleen: I’d like to tell you about the time … about four years ago … my husband and I bought a computer for our daughter … she was about to go to + Để tìm hiểu thơng tin khóa học IELTS Package online 2021 thầy Ngọc Bách, bạn truy cập: https://ieltsngocbach.com/package + Hotline tư vấn: 0974657403 (hoặc liên hệ mail: ieltsbach1707@gmail.com) 47 university and we’d promised her we would treat her to one … at the time there had been a big advertising campaign for the latest Apple Macbook and our advertising campaign: a series of advertisements to persuade people to buy something daughter was very keen to have one … she kept telling us they were value for money … even though to be value for money: to be worth the cost they seemed very expensive to us … anyway we to shop around: to try different shops to find the best deal bargain … this was in the middle of the summer to pick up a bargain: to buy something much cheaper than the normal price sales and wherever you went prices were being summer sales: a period in the year when things are slashed on big brand names … but unfortunately sold cheaply to slash prices: to reduce prices a great deal not Apple products … we ended up having to pay big brand names: large well-known companies or the full price … I remember my daughter justifying product names to pay the full price: to pay the full amount for the cost by pointing out how nice the Apple carrier something bag was … but it was lovely to see her so excited and carrier bag: bags (usually plastic) supplied by shops customer service: the degree to which customers are the customer service she’s received during the four treated well years she’s had it has been excellent … so it was tried to shop around to see if we could pick up a value for money after all … Part 3-style questions Examiner: Do you think we will stop using paper money in the future? Louisa: I think it’s almost certain … at the moment it’s still possible to pay in cash but I’m sure this will a pay in cash: to pay for something using coins or paper money change … the problem is people are more likely to get into debt and run up a credit card bill when this happens to get into debt: to owe money to run up a credit card bill: to owe money on a credit card Examiner: How companies encourage the consumer to spend their money? Peter: Well … a recent development in my country is something called ‘Black Friday’ where people are to shop until you drop: to a lot of shopping + Để tìm hiểu thơng tin khóa học IELTS Package online 2021 thầy Ngọc Bách, bạn truy cập: https://ieltsngocbach.com/package + Hotline tư vấn: 0974657403 (hoặc liên hệ mail: ieltsbach1707@gmail.com) 48 encouraged to shop until they drop and buy the latest must-have products … then there are things like loyalty cards to get the customer back in the store … must-have product: a product that is very popular that a lot of people want to have loyalty card: a card issued by a shop to allow customers to save money on the basis of what they spend Examiner: What you think shops need to to create a positive shopping experience? Tania: The main thing for me is not being pressurised to buy … I appreciate that shop assistants are probably on commission but if I’m looking for clothes for example I like to take my time … to try to be on commission: to pay someone in relation to the amount they sell to try something on: to see if an item of clothing fits or is suitable something on … and to ask for help if I need it … Lesson 19: IELTS Environment Vocabulary Part 1-style questions Examiner: Are there any environmental problems in your country? Kelly: Yes … we have a serious issue with pollution levels in some of our big cities … exhaust pollution levels: the amount of toxic waste exhaust fumes: the toxic gases given off by vehicles powered by petrol fumes from cars and lorries are definitely one reason for the problem but we also have a lot of heavy heavy industry: the manufacture of heavy articles and materials in large numbers industry in some areas and this also results in poor air quality … air quality: the cleanliness of the air we breathe Examiner: Do you take an interest in nature? Jenny: Well … I’m a city person through and through and don’t get back to nature very often I’m afraid … but like everyone else I’m fascinated by the to get back to nature: to live a life that is closer to nature the natural world: the world of nature natural habitat: an ecological or environmental area where a specific species lives + Để tìm hiểu thơng tin khóa học IELTS Package online 2021 thầy Ngọc Bách, bạn truy cập: https://ieltsngocbach.com/package + Hotline tư vấn: 0974657403 (hoặc liên hệ mail: ieltsbach1707@gmail.com) 49 natural world and I like watching documentaries showing wild animals in their natural habitat … Examiner: Do you or your family take steps to help the environment? Mira: My parents have always tried to make us aware of our impact on the environment… they’re really into energy conservation … and always try to impact on: the effect on energy conservation: the careful management of energy resources to ensure they last as long as possible environmentally friendly: behaviour and products that not harm the environment buy environmentally friendly products if they have the chance … Part 2-style task Describe an environmental problem that has been in the news You should say    when this was where the event happened what actually took place and say how you felt about this problem Martin: Well … this is an interesting question … there are so many issues I could think of … natural disasters like earthquakes and floods seem to be in the news almost every year … but there natural disaster: an event such as an earthquake, flood or hurricane which causes widespread damage or loss of life was one story recently about some animals that were under threat … it wasn’t focused on one place in particular … it was looking at various animals that could actually become extinct in different African to be under threat: to be in danger of becoming extinct to become extinct: to no longer exist countries … if we don’t take steps to protect them … these were really iconic animals like gorillas … leopards … rhinos … and apparently they’re now listed as endangered species … what made it really depressing was they were in danger thanks to endangered species: categories of animals or plants that are in danger of becoming extinct us … in some cases it was due to a loss of + Để tìm hiểu thơng tin khóa học IELTS Package online 2021 thầy Ngọc Bách, bạn truy cập: https://ieltsngocbach.com/package + Hotline tư vấn: 0974657403 (hoặc liên hệ mail: ieltsbach1707@gmail.com) 50 habitat either because people need more agricultural production … or even worse I think … because loss of habitat: the decline in areas of land where animals and plants would normally exist of hunting and poaching … I hate to think of future generations being robbed of the chance to see creatures like these in their natural environment … poaching: to hunt and kill wild animals illegally future generations: the people who live after us it’s lucky we have lots of organisations that focus natural environment: the place where animals and on wildlife conservation … hopefully with their help plants would normally be found in nature we can put pressure on those in power to something to stop creatures like these dying out … wildlife conservation: to protect animals and plants and their habitats to die out: see ‘to become extinct’ Part 3-style questions Examiner: What you think is the main danger the world faces in terms of the environment? Spencer: Well … climate change is a real issue … in my country we have flash floods and heatwaves on a yearly basis … so yes … I think global warming is climate change: the change in worldwide weather patterns flash floods: floods that happen quickly global warming: the increasing temperature of the world brought about by gases such as carbon dioxide the biggest issue Examiner: What examples are there of how we damage the natural world? Stella: There are so many examples … there are factories that empty toxic waste into rivers and oceans … oil spills that damage the coastline … the way we destroy vast areas of land and rain forests in search of fossil fuels or to increase agricultural production … toxic waste: poisonous, unwanted rubbish often produced by industrial processes oil spill: waste usually deposited in the seas and oceans after an accident at sea fossil fuels: energy resources like gas and oil that are produced deep below the ground over millions of years Examiner: In which ways we respond well to environmental problems? Mathius: Well … on the one hand there are various + Để tìm hiểu thơng tin khóa học IELTS Package online 2021 thầy Ngọc Bách, bạn truy cập: https://ieltsngocbach.com/package + Hotline tư vấn: 0974657403 (hoặc liên hệ mail: ieltsbach1707@gmail.com) 51 humanitarian aid: the act of showing support to people struggling to survive scene with humanitarian man-made disaster: widespread damage or loss of life brought about by the action of humans aid after natural and man-made disasters … and pressure group: a group of people who try to raise on the other hand we have environmental pressure awareness of issues and try to affect the views and groups that are constantly raising awareness of issues actions of people and organisations worldwide agencies that are always the first on the and trying to stop disasters happening … Lesson 20: IELTS Advertising Vocabulary Part 1-style questions Examiner: Are there any TV channels in your country that don’t have adverts? Loraine: No … they’re all commercial channels and show adverts all day long … too many really … and there’s also a lot of product placement going on … especially in soap operas commercial channel: TV channels that make money from showing advertisements to show adverts: to display adverts on TV product placement: to advertise a product by using it as a prop in a TV show or film where they place an item just behind the actors Examiner: Do you enjoy watching adverts on TV? Karin: No … not really … I hate commercial breaks during a film … it really spoils the flow … and during prime time viewing they seem to squeeze even more ads in than usual … celebrity endorsements also get on my nerves … everyone commercial break: the short period during TV programmes when advertisements are shown prime time: the time during the viewing schedule when most people watch TV or listen to a broadcast celebrity endorsement: to have a well-known person promote a product knows they’re only doing it because they’re getting paid Examiner: What are the best ways for ordinary people to advertise something they want to sell in your country? Marianne: The simplest way is to place an to place an advert: to put an advert somewhere + Để tìm hiểu thơng tin khóa học IELTS Package online 2021 thầy Ngọc Bách, bạn truy cập: https://ieltsngocbach.com/package + Hotline tư vấn: 0974657403 (hoặc liên hệ mail: ieltsbach1707@gmail.com) 52 advert in something like the classified ads section of a local paper … or there’s the Internet of course … there are lots of sites like eBay where you can buy classified ads: small advertisements often put in a newspaper or magazine by individuals buy and sell: often used to refer to the buying and selling of items between individuals and sell things online Part 2-style task Describe an advert you once saw that was very effective You should say    where this advert appeared when you saw it what it was advertising and say why you thought it was so effective Max: OK … well this was about years ago … I was looking for some software to create videos … one day I got an email from a mailing list I’d signed up to … there was a link in it to a press release … a company had written something about a new product mailing list: a list of names and contact details used by a company to send information and advertisements press release: something written by a company for newspapers and magazines and websites to share and publish that was similar to what I was looking for … at the end of the press release there was a link to the sales sales page: a page specifically used to promote a product or service page … I hadn’t heard of the company but I was interested and clicked the link to the ad … what caught my attention immediately were the number of testimonials from people who had bought the software … I think testimonials are like the online equivalent of word of mouth advertising and are really persuasive … anyway … when I got to the word of mouth: recommendations made by individuals to other individuals about a product of service + Để tìm hiểu thơng tin khóa học IELTS Package online 2021 thầy Ngọc Bách, bạn truy cập: https://ieltsngocbach.com/package + Hotline tư vấn: 0974657403 (hoặc liên hệ mail: ieltsbach1707@gmail.com) 53 bottom of the page there was a great big call to action button inviting me to buy … I was totally call to action: something that encourages someone to take a particular action, such as making a purchase or clicking a link on a website persuaded and ended up making a purchase … what made it so effective I think was the power of those testimonials … they’d been written by people very much like me … they’d had a need and the software had obviously turned out to be just what they were looking for … when you think that this was a newish company they wouldn’t have had any brand brand awareness: how well people know a particular awareness at all … they probably wouldn’t have had brand much of a budget for advertising … obviously you wouldn’t advertise a product like this through the mass media on TV … they probably didn’t even have an advertising agency to support them …and yet they’d managed to create a great deal of brand loyalty from previous customers … I think that was mass media: large media outlets like TV, newspapers and magazines advertising agency: a company that creates adverts for other companies brand loyalty: the degree to which people continue to buy from the same brand or company really effective Part 3-style questions Examiner: What is it that makes an advert effective? Spencer: Well … when a company launches a to launch a product: to introduce a new product product they have to consider the Internet … especially how it can be used to spread the word on social media … so in this context a video social media: websites that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking to go viral: to quickly become extremely popular on the Internet through social media + Để tìm hiểu thơng tin khóa học IELTS Package online 2021 thầy Ngọc Bách, bạn truy cập: https://ieltsngocbach.com/package + Hotline tư vấn: 0974657403 (hoặc liên hệ mail: ieltsbach1707@gmail.com) 54 that goes viral is probably the most effective type of advert you could make Examiner: What are the advantages to companies of advertising on the Internet rather than TV? Stelios: I’d imagine the main advantage is you can reach your target audience much more effectively … if you bring out a niche product for example … or you have a tight advertising budget … you can target audience: the people a company want to sell their product or service to niche product: a product that is aimed at a distinct group of people advertising budget: the amount of money a company decides to spend on advertising advertise on particular sites that the people you want to reach visit … that’s not something you can on TV Examiner: What things advertising companies that might give it a bad name? Raol: For me the most irritating is cold calling … we must get two or three of these every day at work … to cold call: to call someone with the aim of selling something without them asking you to so junk mail: unwanted promotional leaflets and letters then there’s junk mail that gets posted through the letterbox … and of course the online equivalent spam email: unwanted, promotional email of this … spam emails … I think it’s this kind of advertising that tends to annoy people + Để tìm hiểu thơng tin khóa học IELTS Package online 2021 thầy Ngọc Bách, bạn truy cập: https://ieltsngocbach.com/package + Hotline tư vấn: 0974657403 (hoặc liên hệ mail: ieltsbach1707@gmail.com) 55 ... 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